Privacy and copyright

Privacy statement

Midlothian Council is the data controller. Our Data Protection Register number is Z6284453.

Data will be collected so that we can fulfil our duty to enable the Town and Country Planning (Scotland Act) 1997 as amended by the Planning etc. (Scotland) Act 2006, and the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997. We will also collect statistics to assist with performance reporting to The Scottish Government. This is the "Permitted Purpose".

We process the following data in relation to the Permitted Purpose:

personal details

details of any licenses or permits held

details of business activities

in some cases, sensitive information such as health details or ethnicity

We need to collect this data to so that we can process planning applications, requests for pre-application advice, and undertake planning enforcement action.

We may process personal information relating to:

customers

complainants

professional advisers and consultants

witnesses

offenders and suspected offenders

licence and permit holders

traders and others subject to inspection.

We may pass on your details to other relevant parties within the council in order to fulfil the Permitted Purpose. We will never pass your details on to any third party other than those that we are required to by law. If we do have to share your data then it will only be in relation to the Permitted Purpose. Organisations whom we may share your data with include:

Objective, who manage the Online Local Development Plan System. Comments made using this system are are subject to the terms and conditions on the MLDP Portal.

Redaction

With the exception of information required to be made public for the Permitted Purpose, personal and sensitive information will be redacted from all documents displayed on the Planning Portal. If you have made comment on a planning application, your name will be published online.